Prison Life in Popular Culture
From "The Big House" to "Orange Is the New Black"
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19904658 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dawn K Cecil (0000-0002-9432-8220, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Publication date | 2015-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Prison Life in Popular Culture (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Lynne Rienner Publishers (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1515/9781626372801 |
| OpenAlex | W4293870870 |
| ISBN | 9781626372801 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
Through the centuries, prisons were closed institutions, full of secrets and shrouded in mystery. But modern media culture has opened the gates. Dawn Cecil explores decades of popular culture—from Golden Age Hollywood films to YouTube videos, from newspapers to beer labels, hip-hop music, and children's books—to reveal how prison imagery shapes our understanding of who commits crimes, why, and how the criminal justice system should respond
Art · Criminology · Prison · Sociology · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · History
Biased Beliefs About White Releasees’ Sensitivity to Social Pain
Transcending prison walls
Documenting prison therapy
(Mis)Representations of Prison
Pedagogy Behind and Beyond Bars
Public perceptions as a potential barrier for prison reform in Panama
Citizens with Felony Convictions in the Jury Box
That Doesn’t Leave You’
Abject (M)Othering
| Citations per year | 1.29 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |